Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons). What Are RNAV Approaches? How Does RNAV Work?

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 27, 2025

Gyroscopic instruments rely on rigidity in space and include the AI, HI, and Turn Coordinator. Pitot-static instruments measure airspeed, altitude, and vertical speed. Mastering the six-pack is essential for safe and effective piloting. What Are the Six Instruments? The turn coordinator has four white demarcations.

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Pitot Tube Altimeter Instrument Flight Rules Descent 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a precision approach and provides both lateral and vertical guidance to a runway. For most general aviation operations, it allows a pilot to descend to as low as 200′ AGL and assist a pilot in locating the runway in as low as 3/8 mile visibility.

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Approach Instrument Landing System AGL Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The plan was to shoot an instrument landing system (ILS) at the military airport next door, but clearance delivery told us they were landing the other direction. It’s curious to me that we pilots shoot LPV approaches, but ATC doesn’t know what they are. I’m focusing on the old pilot part, not the bold pilot.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 90

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Sometimes, it seems like the pilots can’t see anything all the way down to the ground. The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land.

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Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The Legacy General Aviation Fleet The beauty of so many legacy single-engine GA aircraft is that, when cared for properly, their aluminum airframes are quite resilient and resistant to fatigue. Maybe this is due to the slide rule and drafting table generation that designed them. appeared first on Plane & Pilot Magazine.

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Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 108

Ask the Pilot

JUNE 28, 2024

Obviously certain outlets find the whole “the pilots flew to the wrong airport!” The pilots, the flight attendants, and their aircraft were dispatched, flight-planned, and fueled for a trip to Edinburgh. But, you’re thinking, wouldn’t the “welcome aboard” spiel by either the pilots or cabin crew have given things away?

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Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Instrument Landing System 57